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Saudi Arabia Over the past three years, Sanofi has significantly expanded its presence in the GCC region, launching 40-50 new products, including treatments for rare diseases and advancements in immunology, diabetes management, and vaccines. As Jean-Paul Scheuer explains, this expansion aligns with Sanofi’s goal to become a leading immunology company globally and…

Germany A roundup of some of the biggest stories coming out of German pharma, including Merck’s better-than-expected Q1 earnings; Stada’s possible return to the stock market; CDMO Vetter’s expanded capacity in the US and Germany; Bayer’s elimination of some 1,500 jobs, and BioNTech’s bid for MediLink’s solid tumour platform.   Merck…

Global As Big Pharma makes evermore declarations on its sustainability credentials, who are the industry’s most sustainable companies? With wildlife under severe threat from biopharmaceutical run-off, which companies are truly dedicated to change? Which are truly dedicated to equitable pay structures and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion? To answer these questions,…

Saudi Arabia Fadi Ghanayem, Managing Director for Saudi Arabia and Caucasus, Central Asia, Iran and Mongolia (CCAIM) at French diagnostics firm BioMérieux discusses the remarkable growth he has witnessed in Saudi Arabia thanks to the government’s push to improve healthcare and prevention in recent years.  In addition, he outlines the opportunities that…

Saudi Arabia Prof. Ayman Abdo, SVP of Saudi private healthcare cornerstone Fakeeh Care Group, outlines the group’s large range of activities, encompassing a network of hospitals, home care services, ambulance systems, and an IT company, as well as its own medical, nursing and pharmacy schools. He shares his current focus on Public-Private…

Global One of the doyens of European biotech is stepping back from general management. Jean-Paul Clozel founded rare disease focused Actelion along with his wife Martine Clozel in 1997, a company that went on to become publicly traded and launch three blockbuster drugs. The Clozels then sold up to J&J for…

Saudi Arabia Abdul Latif Jameel is one of Saudi Arabia’s most storied distributors, with a history dating back to 1945. Although present in the healthcare space since 1995 via its philanthropic activities, it has only recently moved to set up a dedicated healthcare arm, known as Jameel Health. Led by Big Pharma…

China After a glittering career in corporate America, in 2011 Jasmine Cui returned to China and in 2015 launched her own biotech, Innocare. The firm, which focuses on oncology and autoimmune disease R&D, now has an extensive pipeline, with a BTK inhibitor for hematological cancers holding particular potential. In conversation with…

UAE Long-established as the Middle East and Africa’s leading country in terms of rapid access to biomedical innovation, the UAE is looking to bolster this positioning in the coming years. Indeed, allowing innovation to flourish – including through hosting greater numbers of clinical trials in the country and protecting intellectual property…

China Jimmy Wei founded Chime Biologics over 12 years ago with the vision of establishing a global biologics company in China, focusing on biosimilar development and CDMO services. The company’s growth since then has been influenced by the success of other biologics companies like WuXi Biologics and Samsung Biologics, regulatory changes…

China Boan Biotech CEO Jiang Hua outlines the Luye Pharma-acquired company’s approach, securing stable revenues through its biosimilars while pursuing novel platforms and innovative drug development. She provides insights into the biotech’s six biosimilar products, as well as its main technology platforms – including the foundational Human Antibody Transgenic Mouse platform…

Global Marijn Verhoef, Director of Operations and Research at the Access to Medicine Foundation examines the interconnected challenges of drug shortages and antimicrobial resistance. Verhoef urges decisive and urgent action from the pharma companies that manufacture lifesaving antibiotics and antifungals to ensure that patients can get the right medicine when they…